Ecclesiastical chronicle for Scotland . nd was in building the time of fourteen Bishops, not beingfinished till Bishop Lambertons time, who, in the year 1318, completed thework, and Dedicated the Church with great solemnity, giving the same day tothe Prior and Canons of St. Andrews the Churches of Dairsie and the Church was 160 years in building; and considering the time it wasdemolished, viz., 11th June, 1559, it stood entire 240 years; and from thefoundation to the razing thereof (occasioned by a Sermon of John Knox againstidolatry, preached at Crail to a giddy lawless multitud
Ecclesiastical chronicle for Scotland . nd was in building the time of fourteen Bishops, not beingfinished till Bishop Lambertons time, who, in the year 1318, completed thework, and Dedicated the Church with great solemnity, giving the same day tothe Prior and Canons of St. Andrews the Churches of Dairsie and the Church was 160 years in building; and considering the time it wasdemolished, viz., 11th June, 1559, it stood entire 240 years; and from thefoundation to the razing thereof (occasioned by a Sermon of John Knox againstidolatry, preached at Crail to a giddy lawless multitude) was just 400 years. There goes a Tradition that there were collections made for this work not CAPITULAR SEALS 1251 AND 1150. 97 only through the most parts of Europe, but also that many of the Canons wereArtizans, especially Masons, and wrought at the work, which was no ways incon-sistent with their Office; for Pope Pelagius monachis haec tria attribuit, quietem,orationem, et laborem manuum. [Duaren. de S. Eccles. p. 87.]. [The above Seals are nearly identical, and are Capitular. They represent theChurch of S. Ride with a Stone Roof. The one on the left hand has the Inscriptionsigill eclesie sancti andree apostoli in scociA—The Seal of the Church of SaintAndrew the Apostle in Scotland. The I and two Ls are conjoined, and look like anH P. At the lower part of this Seal are three Semicircles interlaced, emblematic ofthe Three Persons in One Godhead. On each side of the central Tower are differentCrosses, the one above the Roof of the Nave of the Church being a S. Andrews Cross,and the one above the Chancel being a Cross Patee. There is also a Cross Maltesebelow this, immediately above the apex of the Gable. Above, on the same side of theSeal, is an Estoile or Star. On the left side, opposite, is a Right Hand held out fromthe Tower, with the fingers folded in the act of Benediction. Above the Hand is aCrescent,—The Seal on the right side of the page has the Inscr
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